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CLASS OF 1882 



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CLASS OF 1882 



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JOHN (BARTLETT) ALDEN. 
23d Ave., cor. Cropsey Ave., Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

SON of Edwin Painter Alden, D.D.S. (School Trustee, Hoosick Falls, N. Y, 
and Catskill, N. Y.) and Martha Ann Andrews. Ninth generation from 
John Alden of Mayflower. Nephew of Henry Mills Alden of Harper's Maga- 
zine; nephew of E. Benjamin Andrews, former President Brown University, 
and of Charles B. Andrews, former Governor of Connecticut. Born at Hoo- 
sick Falls, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., August 30, 1860. Prepared at Hoosick Falls 
Academy and Catskill Academy, at which places he had lived till he entered 
college. While in college took the Spader Modern History prize and the Ap- 
pleton Memorial prize in Moral Science. Commencement oration. Editor 
on Targum. Treasurer of Peitho. Beta Theta Pi. After leaving college 
lived in Brooklyn, 1882-1886; Troy, N. Y., 1887; Brooklyn, 1888-1916. Wash- 
ington Correspondent Brooklyn Times, 1885 ; Managing Editor, Troy 
Press, 1887; News Editor New York Press, 1888; Night Editor N. Y. Adver- 
tiser, 1890-1891 ; Editorial Writer and Albany Correspondent, N. Y. Recorder, 
1892-1896; Editor Fame, 1896-1901; Brooklyn Eagle, 1901-1916. Democrat. 
Avocation, billiards, chess, photography. Married in New York, August 15, 
1896 to Cynthia May Westover, daughter of Oliver S. Westover of Santa 
Monica, California. Wife is Founder and President General of International 
Sunshine Society. Published a piece of verse every day in Brooklyn Eagle 
for 12 years, ending March 6, 1916, signed "J. A." Was a charter member of 
Gridiron Club, in Washington. Is a member of Crescent Athletic Club of 
Brooklyn and of the Brooklyn Civic Club. 

THEODORE AMERMAN BEEKMAN. 
Krumville, Ulster Co., N. Y. 

SON of Abraham Staats Beekman, farmer, and Elizabeth Amerman. Their 
fathers were the originators and first elders of the Branchville Reformed 
Church. Born at South Branch, N. J., November 18, 1856. Before entering 
college lived at South Branch, and at Clover Hill, N. J. Prepared at South 
Branch, Flagtown, Reaville, Clover Hill, Ockey's Institute, Neshanic, all of 
N. J. Private tutors at New Brunswick, N. J. When nine years of age the 
ministry was chosen as his life's service. Joined Branchville Reformed 
Church when thirteen. A. M. New Brunswick Seminary, 1885. Licensed at 
Somerville, N. J., May 26, 1885, ordained at Columbia, N. Y., November 10, 
1885. Pastor at Columbia, 1885-1887, stated supply at Preakness, N. J., 1887- 
1889, pastor at Central Bridge, N. Y., 1889-1893, Jerusalem, N. Y., 1893-1902, 



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Red Bank, N. J., 1902-1909, Rosendale, N. Y., 1909-1916. Prohibitionist. 
Married in the Second Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, N. J., October 
14, 1885 to Margaret Hamilton. Children: Myron Hamilton, born September 
26, 1886; Warren Amerman, February 18, 1891; Florence Margaret, March 
21, 1900. Relatives in Rutgers : Beekman 1879, Voorhees 1881, Beekman 1909. 

IRVING BURDICK. 
Oliverea, Ulster Co., N. Y. 

SON of James Tabor Burdick, M.D., and Susan Ellinda Tiffany. Born in 
New York City, June 30, 1859. Lived in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he went to 
school until 1874. Prepared at Homer Academy, Homer, N. Y., 187-1-1877, 
where he was Valedictorian of the class of '71 . Amherst College, 1878-1879. 
Rutgers, 1879-1882. Class Day historian. Chi Phi. Lived in Brooklyn until 
summer of 1914, then at Oliverea, N. Y. He has followed the profession of 
music, teaching principally. Episcopal. Independent Repubhcan. Married at 
Brooklyn, March 22, 1887, to Mary E. Russell. Children : Irvina Russell, born 
March 17, 1888; Norma Lillian, March 4, 1891. He has written some piano 
compositions. 

JACOB CHESTER CHAMBERLAIN. 
Died July 28, 1905. 

SON of Jacob Chamberlain, M.D., D.D., LL.D. and Charlotte Close Birge. 
Isaac Chamberlain and William Nutting, his paternal and maternal grand- 
fathers, were both soldiers of the Revolutionary War. One ancestor buried in 
Westminster Abbey. Born at Palmaner, India, July 3, 1860. Before entering 
college lived in Palmaner and Madanapalle, India ; Grand Rapids, Mich. ; 
N-ewburgh, N. Y. Prepared at Newburgh (N. Y.) Academy, and Jack- 
son Military Institute, Tarrytown, N. Y. Phi Beta Kappa. Class Presi- 
dent, Sophomore year ; Secretary, Targum Association. ; Director Athletic 
Association ; Editor and Business Manager Scarlet Letter; Captain Boating 
Association ; college champion two years in 100, 220, 440 yards and one mile ; 
class foot-ball and base-ball ; Varsity foot-ball three years, base-ball two years ; 
member Tennis and Chess Clubs. Took the Junior Essay Prize of Peitho. 
Commencement oration. Delta Upsilon. Rutgers post-graduate in electricity. 
After leaving college lived in New York City. Post-graduate course in chem- 
istry. Electrical Engineer Assistant in Edison's laboratory ; active operator in- 
first Edison electric light station in Pearl Street, New York City ; engineer of ■ 
Julien Traction Co., in the introduction of storage battery cars ; patentee of 
numerous devices for perfecting storage battery system for railway work; de- 
veloper of construction and equipment of electric launches ; Vice President 
and General Manager of Electric Launch Co. ; General Manager, Automatic 
Refrigerator Co. M.Sc, 1886. Chairman House Committee and Trustee En- 
gineers' Club ; early member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers ; 
Chairman House Committee Electric Club, Chairman and one of tlie 
founders Chamberlain Association ; Chairman Genealogical Committee ; 



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member Grolier Club, West Side Tennis Club, Colonial Club, Ma- 
rine and Field Club, Trustee of Delta Upsilon Club, New York City. 
]\Iember Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, N. Y. Avocation, editions of early 
American authors, genealogy, tennis. Married June 12, 1895, at Greenbush 
Heights, Albany, N. Y., to Anna Mary Irwin, daughter of Wm. Patten Irwin 
and Anna Mary Teller. Daughter, Anita Irwin Chamberlain, born 1896, died 
1908. Relatives among Rutgers Alumni: Wm. I. Chamberlain, 1882; Lewis B., 
1886; Rufus N., 1888; Charles S., 1893. Published a Bibliography of Haw- 
thorne. Address of Mrs. J. Chester Chamberlain, 1 West 81st Street, New 
York City. 



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WILLIAM ISAAC CHAMBERLAIN. 

25 East 22nd Street, New York City. 

ON of Jacob Chamberlain, missionary and physician, and Charlotte Close 
Birge. For ancestry, preparatory edvication, residences before entering 
college, relatives among alumni of Rutgers see foregoing account of brother, J. 
C. Chamberlain. Born at Madras, India, October 10, 1862. The event of his 
childhood is that he had "the misfortune to have been born out of his native 
land.'' In college was Sophomore, Junior and Commencement Orator ; Treas- 
urer, Athletic Association ; President and Secretary, Peitho ; Varsity Base- 
Ball and Foot-Ball teams. Phi Beta Kappa, later. Delta Upsilon. New Bruns- 
wick Seminary, 1886; Teachers' College, New York, 1898-1899; Columbia Uni- 
versity, 1898-1899. Licensed by Classis of New Brunswick and ordained in 
Rutgers Chapel, May, 1886. Since leaving college has lived in New Brunswick, 
1882-1886; Madanapalle, India, 1888-1891; Chittoor, 1891-1894; Vellore, 
1894-1905; in U. S. A. at New Brtinswick, 1906-1912; Summit, N. J., 1912- 
1914; New York City, 1914-1915. As head of Missionary Deputation visited 
japan, China, India, Arabia, etc., 1915-1916. Missionary in India, 1888-1905; 
Principal Voorhees College, Vellore, 1898-1905 ; Professor of Philosophy, 
Rutgers, 1906-1909; Secretary, Board of Foreign Missions, R. C. A., 1909 to 
date. A.M., B.D., D.D., (Rutgers, 1886, 1899, 1912); Ph.D. (Columbia, 
1900); D.D. (Hope, 1907). Secretary Arcot Mission and member District 
Board of North Arcot; Chairman (Mayor) Vellore Municipal Council and for 
public services while in office received the "Kaiser-I-Hind" medal from 
the Governinent of India ; Fellow of Madras University ; President, General 
Synod, R. C. A. 1909; President, Reformed Church Union, 1915-1916; Presi- 
dent, Rutgers Phi Beta Kappa 1907-1908; Treasurer Rutgers Alumni 
and Faculty Club, 1907-1909; President, Rutgers Alumni Association, 
New York City, 1908 and 1915; Trustee, Rutgers College, October 8, 1909-. 
Republican and Progressive. Avocation : tennis and base-ball ! Married at 
New Brunswick, N. J., June 18, 1891, to Mary Eleanor Anable, daughter of 
Samuel Low Anable and Sarah Roxana Babcock. Children : Eleanor, born 
1893, died 1904; Alma Birge, born 1897. Published: Education in India, 
Macmillan, 1899; Jubilee of the Arcot Mission, M. E. Publishing House, 
Madras, 1905; Reformed Church in Asia, 1910-1915. 



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WILLIAM STOCKTON CRANMER. 
22 N. Bridge St., Somerville, N. J. 

SON of Ira S. Cranmer and Sarah Elizabeth Shute. Jerseymen since 1665. 
Born at Barnegat, N. J., December 19, 1858. Lived at Jersey City before 
entering college. Prepared at home. In college took half Entrance Examin- 
ation prize, second in History, iirst in Philosophy, first Tunis Quick prize. 
Senior Editor of the Targiim. Sophomore Orator. Taught English branches 
(by request of the College Faculty) in Prep. School during Senior year in col- 
lege. Unable to attend classes — hence debarred from competition for Senior 
prizes and honors. Meant to scoop 'em all ! Phi Beta Kappa, later. Beta 
Theta Pi. New Brunswick Seminary, 1882-1885. Licensed, June, 1885, 
Qassis of Bergen, South ; ordained, Classis Long Island, North. Minister of 
the First Reformed Church, Astoria, L. I., 1885-1893 and of the "Old First," 
Somerville, N. J., 1893 — . A.M., D.D. (Rutgers). Politics: none. Avo- 
cation: fisherman of note! Married, September 11, 1883, by Rev. Dr. W. 
R. Duryee, Lafayette (Jersey City, N. J.) to Abigail Atwood, daughter of 
John W. Atwood and Abigail Doane. Children : Abigail Atwood, born 
January 21, 1886; Stockton, October 22, 1887; Clarkson, February 7, 1895. 
Grandchildren: Stockton Douglas, born May, 1912; Edwin Arthur, November, 
1914, children of daughter Abigail (Vassar, 1907) who married Douglas 
Fisher in Jvme, 1911. Also Winifred Stockton, born June, 1915, child of 
.Stockton who married Joan Churchill Brown, June, 1914. Relatives in Rut- 
gers : sons Stockton (1908) and Clarkson (1916), and son-in-law Douglas 
Fisher (1908). His writings have been miscellaneous and many. Achieve- 
ments : Has done a man's work ; won the class cup ! kept the faith ! 

CHARLES LEAVITT EDGAR. 
70 State Street, Boston, Mass. 

SON of Thomas Edgar, grain merchant, and Annie Veghte. His father's 
family came from Woodbridge, N. J. His father's ancestors came from 
Scotland with the early settlers. His mother was of Holland-Dutch descent. Born 
at Griggstown, N. J., December 23, 1860, where he lived till he entered Rut- 
gers Prep. School, 1874-1877. While in college was speaker at the Sophomore 
and Junior Exhibitions and took Second Honor at graduation, English Saluta- 
tory. Phi Beta Kappa. Delta Upsilon. Post graduate at Rutgers for six months 
in Electrical Engineering. Since leaving college has lived at New Brunswick, 
1882-1886; New York City, 1886-1887; Boston, Mass., 1887-1897; Brookline, 
Mass., 1897 to date. Chief Engineer, Edison Electric Light Co., New York; 
General Superintendent, General Manager, Vice President and President of 
the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston. Honorary degree of Electri- 
cal Engineer, Rutgers, 1887. Trustee of Rutgers, 1906 to date ; President, 
National Electric Light Association, 1903-1904; President, Association of Edi- 
son Illuminating Companies, 1893-1896; Vice President, Engineers Club of 
Boston since organization in 1911 to date; Member, Board of Governors, Al- 



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gonquin Club, 1915; University Club, 1910; President, Kingswood Club, 
Wolfsboro, N. H., 1905-1910. Episcopalian. Republican. Avocation: golf. 
Married at New Brunswick, N. J., June 16, 1886, to Annette Marie Duclos, of 
American parentage. Son, Leavitt LeRoy Edgar, born August 13, 1887; 
grandson, Charles Leavitt Edgar, 2nd, April 6, 1915. No close relatives in 
Rutgers. Has written various engineering papers in connection with his busi- 
ness and profession, but of no pubHc interest. 

JOHN HAMILTON GILLESPIE. 

17 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, N. J. 

OON of James Haig Gillespie, printer, and Mary Allan. Scotch on both 
^^ sides, away back. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, February 9, 1858. Before en- 
tering college lived in Glasgow, 1858-1860; Hoboken, N. J., 1860-1864 (when 
it was "Elysian Fields" and a family watering place for New Yorkers, not a 
)<Jiquor lair for Teutons); Glasgow, 1864; Manchester, England, 1865-1872; 
Jersey Ciiy Heights, N. J., 1872-1878. Prepared for college at home. Had 
been in the book business eight years before entering college. In college was 
assigned Brodhead Classical Prize; address to Dr. Campbell, retiring presi- 
dent ; Commencement oration. President of Peitho. Phi Beta Kappa. Took 
extra courses in Greek for three years under Dr. Cooper, especially during 
summer vacations ; studied Greek and Textual Criticism under Gildersleeve 
and J. Rendel Harris in Johns Hopkins University, one semester, 1882-1883 ; 
theology in New Brunswick Seminary, 1883-1885 ; Homer with Seymour of 
Yale at Chautauqua, Modern Greek at the Sauveur School of Languages. 
Licensed by Classis of Bergen, 1885. Ordained by Classis of Orange, 1885. 
Lived at New Hurley, N. Y., 1885-1888; Holland, Mich., 1888-1898; New 
Brunswick, 1898 to date. In 1907 spent nine months, on leave of absence, 
travelling in Europe, visiting Athens and Corinth. Pastor three years, profes- 
sor of Greek ten years, professor of New Testament Greek thirteen years, 
lector in Missions five years (to date). D.D. (Hope and Rutgers, 1898). Very 
independent Republican. Avocation : compiling a class biography. Married 
Augus^t 25, 1886, by Prof. Jacob Cdoper, to Maria Webster Helm, daughter of 
\\'illiam Llenry Helm and Mary Elizabeth Strong. Daughter : Mary Gillespie, 
(Holyoke, 1910), assistant librarian in Rutgers. Brother-in-law of Rev. N. 
H. Demarest, Rutgers, 1880. His writings have not been like those of a class- 
mate "miscellaneous and many," but like angels' visits, "few and far between." 
Achievements : many things he ought not to have done and other things it was 
his duty to do, anyhow, (Luke xvii. 10). 

ABRAHAM BRITTON HAVENS. 
Died May 8, 1900. 

SON of Valentine Havens, flour merchant, and Sarah Gertrude Britten. 
Born at Communipaw, N. J., May 27, 1860. Before entering college 
lived at Communipaw ; Shelter Island, N. Y. ; Jersey City, N. J. ; Hastings-on- 



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Hudson, N. Y. Prepared at Jersey City and Shelter Island public schools, at 
Southold (N. Y.) Academy and Columbia Grammar School, New York City. 
Sophomore, Junior and Commencement Orator ; Junior Orator prize, first M. 
W. Smith prize for declamation. Manager, Glee Club ; Presenter of Memen- 
toes. Delta Upsilon. A.M. Rutgers, 1885; LL.B. Columbia, 1885. Studied 
in office of Judge Wm. Fullerton, New York City. Admitted to the bar. New 
York, 1885. Lived in New York City 1882-1898; Pasadena, Cal., 1898; Cor- 
onado, 1899; Redlands, 1900. Member Lafayette Reformed Church, Jersey 
City, N. J. Independent in politics. Avocation : sailing, riding and driving. 
Married January 27, 1887 in town of Red Hook, N. Y., to Leila Hoyt Beck- 
with, daughter of William Sutherland Beckwith and Ann Maria CoUyer. 
Children: Gertrude, born December 17, 1887; Beckwith, May 29, 1890, Henri- 
etta Bartlett, July 15, 1892; Herbert Sutherland, May 18, 1894. Relatives in 
Rutgers : Valentine Britton Havens, 1912 and Donald Havens, 1913. Writ- 
ings : various contributions to New York Herald from time to time. 

JOSEPH HOVER. 
206 Broadway, New York City, and 77 Essex Street, Hackensack, N. J. 

SON of William W. Hover. Prepared at Bishop's Select School. Business 
Manager of the Targum. LL.B. Columbia, 1884; A.M. Rutgers, 1885. 
Lawyer, in practice continuously at New York since graduation. 

HOWARD MELVILLE LANSING. 
Died April 18, 1905. 

SON of the Rev. John A. Lansing, D.D., a minister of the Reformed Church ; 
Secretary, Board Publication, 1866-1875 ; Chaplain American Union 
Church, Rome, Italy, 1878. While in college he took interest in athletics, was 
Editor-in-Chief of the Targum; Sophomore and Junior Orator; Orator at 
Commencement and Class Day Prophet. Delta Kappa Epsilon. LL.B. Colum- 
bia, 1884. A.M. Rutgers, 1890. He began the practice of law in New York 
City, but in a few years removed to Kingston, N. Y., where he led a retired 
life till his death. 

WILLIAM FREDERICK MIDLIGE. 

SON of F. W. Midlige. Born September 12, 1859. Prepared at Jersey City 
High School. Lawyer. . President, Board of Aldermen, Jersey City, 
1897-1902. Married in 1890 to Emma Horstmann. Children: Gertrude, about 
22 years of age ; Frederick, about 20. Last address Jersey City, N. J. 

EDWIN OSCAR MOFFETT. 
Guilderland Centre, N. Y. 

SON of Dennis T. Moffett, farmer, constable, and Charlotte Wilcox. Born 
Westfield, N. J., September 29, 1857. Before entering college lived at West- 
field, Plainfield, Metuchen, South Plainfield, N. J. Prepared in district 



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schools, Plainfield High for three years, teaching a district school and studying 
under Professor Lyon of Plainfield for nearly two years. He earned his living 
and paid his own way through High School and had to pay tuition of forty-eight 
dollars per year and walk three miles to and from school. One winter he 
needed a pair of trousers to wear to school. He went into the woods where 
the snow was nearly a foot deep and felled trees for eight days at seventy-five 
cents and board, earning six dollars which he paid for a pair of trousers and 
went back to school very thankful that he had the grit to do it. In college he 
was President of Peitho, one of the speakers at Commencement ; Class Day 
Poet. Ordained by Classis of Orange and installed as pastor over New Pros- 
pect Church, July 26, 1885. Lived at Pine Bush, twenty years and four 
months; Middletown, one year; Central Bridge, five years and five months; 
Guilderland, four years, all of New York State. Rutgers M.A. Reformed. 
Prohibitionist. Avocation, poultry. Married in New Brvmswick, N. J., at the 
First Baptist Church, July 7, 1885, to May L. Mundy, daughter of Michael 
Mundy and Martha Pugsley Dunham. Children : Martha Charlotte, born May 
20, 1886; F. Chandler, April 30, 1888; Raleigh Valentine, February 14, 1898. 
Achievements : He entered the lowest class of the High School after the holi- 
days, was out three weeks because of sickness, yet in the final examinations 
for that year took the prize in United States History and was the only boy in 
the class who was on the roll of honor and this though he had been only to 
country schools about one year altogether, going a few months in winter and 
working on the farm in spring, summer and fall, yet he read everything he 
could lay his hands on, having read the Bible consecutively from beginning to 
end before he was thirteen years old. 

JOHN MORRISON. 
Died July 26, 1899. 

SON of Henry Morrison, farmer, and Elizabeth Stuart. Scotch-Irish ances- 
try. Born in Fishkill-on-Hudson, now called Beacon, December 12, 1859, 
where he lived till he entered college. Prepared at Beacon public schools and 
Rutgers Prep. School. While in college was assigned Freshman prize for 
speaking in Philo, also in the Senior year first honor, Latin salutatory; rhetori- 
cal honor, valedictory ; address of welcome to Dr. Gates ; class day address ; 
Suydam prize for composition. Phi Beta Kappa. Captain of Foot-Ball team. 
Regular contributor to the Targiim. Delta Upsilon. New Brunswick Semin- 
ary; School of Oratory, Coburg, Ontario, Canada, July and August, 1882. 
Licensed by Classis of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1886 ; ordained at San Diego, Cal. 
and installed pastor of First Presbyterian Church of San Bernardino, Cal., 
April 21, 1887, where he remained till 1890; pastor Centennial Presbyterian 
Church, Oakland, Cal., 1890-1892; Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1892-1899. 
Commissioner to General Assembly Presbyterian Church, Eagle Lake, Ind., 
June, 1897; Moderator of Synod, Portland, Oregon, October 13, 1898. Re- 
formed Church. Prohibitionist. Married at St. John's Reformed Church, 
Upper Red Hook, N. Y., August 3, 1887, to Helen R. Moore, daughter of Wm. 



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R. Moore and Jane A. Ten Broeck, American born, of Holland ancestry. 
Children: Stuart Ten Broeck, born August 30, 1888; Anna Janet, June 15, 
1891. John Morrison died in Yellowstone Park of appendicitis. "The one 
word 'beloved,' wrought in flowers and placed upon his grave, is the one epi- 
tomizing word for the sentiment of comrades and parishioners." /\ddress of 
Mrs. Helen M. Morrison, Red Hook, N. Y. 

WALTER NEWELL. 

135 East 11th Place, Chicago, lU. 

ON of John A'V. Newell, Lt. Col., Superintendent New Brunswick Gas Light 
Co., and Martha C. Earl. He is a son of the American Revolution with 
eight ancestors participating. Born in New Brunswick, N. J., where he lived 
till he entered coUege. Rutgers Grammar School, 1870-1878. Vice President, 
Class 1881-1882; President, Boat Club, 1880-1881. Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
Lived at Chicago, 111., 1883-1884; Olympia, Washington Territory, Private 
Secretary and Col. Governor's staff, 1884-1885; Clerk Illinois Central R. R., 
1883-1884; Travelling Auditor, 1886-1902; Paymaster, 1902-1910; Assistant 
Local Treasurer, 1910-1916. Republican. Married, March 14, 1889, to Mary 
Tennyson Joplin, of English parentage. Children: Dorothy, December 15, 
1891 ; Kenneth, September, 1898; Benjamin Casey Allen, grandson, June, 1914. 
Relatives in Rvitgers : Ex-Governor of New Jersey, AV. A. Newell, 1836, de- 
ceased; W. A. Newell, Jr., 1875, deceased. 

JAMES AVERY NORRIS. 
Hot Springs, Va. 

SON of the Rev. James Norris. Born at Westfield, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 
February 27, 1857. Prepared at Andes Academy, N. Y. While in college 
won standing broad jump; member of the college base-ball and foot-ball 
teams ; Commencement Orator. Phi Beta Kappa. Chi Psi. B.D. Union 
Seminary, 1885. A.M. Rutgers, 1887. Ordained, Presbytery, North River, 
November 3, 1885 ; pastor First Presbyterian, AA'appingers Creek, N. Y., 1885- 
1888; First Reformed, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., 1888-1896; First Presby- 
terian, Glen Cove, N. Y., 1897-1910; Hot Springs, Va., 1910—. Married May 
13, 1890. Daughter, Helen A. Norris. Member Nassau Country Club, Hemp- 
stead Yacht Club, Glen Cove Yacht Club. 

JAMES POWERS PHILIP. 

Catskill National Bank, Catskill, N. Y. 

SON of Jacob Sickles Philip, M.D., and Jane Elizabeth Brown. Born in 
Catskill, N. Y., September 18, 1861, where he lived till he entered college. 
Prepared for college at the Catskill schools and Academy. In college was 
Junior Orator; Commencement Orator; President of class. Senior year; Edi- 
tor and Editor-in-Chief of Targum and Scarlet Letter; President of Philoclean 
Society; Phi Beta Kappa. M.A. Chi Psi. Albany Law School, 1885-1886. 



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Matriculated in office of Eugene Burlingame. Admitted to practise law, Al- 
bany, 1S86. Lived at Lancaster, Pa., 1882-1883; Albany, N. Y., 1884-1886; 
New York and Brooklyn, 1887-1903 ; Catskill, N. Y., 1903 to date. Teacher 
at Lancaster, Pa. 1882-1883. Lawyer, 1886-1903. Banker, 1903 to' date, dur- 
ing which time he has been president of the Catskill National Bank. Dutch 
Reformed. Republican. Avocations : tennis, automobiling. Married in Cats- 
kill, N. Y., June 15, 1898, to Sarah Louise Pruyn, daughter of Isaac Pruyn of 
Catskill, N. Y. 

PHILIP WILSON PITCHER. 
Died July 21, 1915. 

SON of William Wilson Pitcher, farmer, (son of Col. Philip Pitcher, Red 
Hook, N. Y.) and Margaret Davis Phillips, daughter of M. D. L. F. 
PhilHps, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Born at Red Hook, N. Y., January 31, 1856. 
Before entering college lived at Red Hook and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Pre- 
pared at Red Hook Academy and Rutgers Prep. School. Beta Theta Pi. New 
Brunswick Seminary. Licensed by Classis of New Brunswick; ordained by 
Classis of Poughkeepsie, 1885. Lived in Amoy, China for tliirty years. Was 
president of the mission there for twelve or fifteen years ; treasurer and sec- 
retary for several years. Member of Second Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 
Republican. Fond of tennis and golf ; took prizes in both. Married at Pough- 
keepsie, June 24, 1885, to Anna F. Merritt, daughter of Edward Merritt and 
Phoebe Frost. Children : Margaret Anita, born January 30, 1887 ; Albert Mer- 
ritt, December 9, 1889. Published: In and About Amoy; Chinese History (in 
Chinese) ; History of the Amoy Mission. Achievement : The English Presby- 
terian Mission at Amoy says: "Mr. Pitcher collected the funds to erect the 
Talmage Memorial Building. By his whole-hearted persistence he has lifted 
the grades of our schools until Talmage College stands to-day at the head of 
the vernacular schools of South China, very largely as the result of the tena- 
city of purpose and high ideals of Mr. Pitcher." The Amoy Mission of the 
Reformed Church in voting for memorial tablets in his honor also testifies : "It 
was through Mr. Pitcher's indefatigable industry that the funds for Talmage 
Memorial Building were collected, and it was his zeal that led to the develop- 
ment of the school it houses into the present Talmage College, the excellent 
crown of our educational work." Address of Mrs. Anna F. M. Pitcher, 30 
Livingston Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

NELSON DeWITT PUMYEA. 

Died December 1, 1891. 

ON of Isaac Williamson Pumyea, farmer, and Catherine Van Dyke. Born 
at Three Mile Run, Somerset Co., N. J., May 22, 1861, where he lived till 
he entered college. Prepared at district school and Rutgers Prep. School. Was 
orator in the Junior Exhibition, 1881. Studied medicine with H. R. Baldwin, 
M.D. Losing his health he traveled extensively South and West and North to 



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recover his health, but without avail. Held a very lucrative position while can- 
vassing for a drug firm in Ohio. Rutgers A.M. ; N. Y. University M.D. 
Member Reformed Church, Six Mile Run. Democrat. Brother of John Van 
Dyke Pumyea, Rutgers, 1863. While practicing his profession at Gardiner, 
Ulster Co., N. Y., among Dr. James LeFevre's relatives, he was called to at- 
tend a very sick baby and in crossing a stream with a sleigh to get to the house 
the ice broke and he contracted a heavy cold from which he never recovered. 
Address of Dr. Pumyea's brother, John V. D. Pumyea, R. F. D., Belle Mead, 
N.J. 

COLEMAN RANDOLPH. 

2 Franklin Avenue, Morristown, N. J. 

SON of Theo. F. Randolph (coal business, in the Legislature of New Jersey, 
afterwards Governor and U. S. Senator), and Mary Francis Coleman. 
His mother was a grand niece of Chief Justice Marshall. Born in Asbury 
Park, N. J., April 29, 1861. Prepared in schools of Morristown and Washing- 
ton, D. C, where he lived before entering college. Won Standing High Jump, 
4 ft. 7 in. Zeta Psi. Studied at Columbia Law School with Mr. Anson 
Maltby and Mr. Cortlandt Parker. Admitted to the bar, 1888. Has lived prin- 
cipally at Morristown. Presbyterian. Independent Democrat, that is to say, 
his leanings are that way, but he does not follow a political party blindly. 
Sport : Big Game and hunting generally. As for marriage, he "escaped." Pub- 
lished : Inter Ocean Hunting Tales. Forest and Stream, 1908. 

MYRON TRACY SCUDDER. 
316 W. 72d Street, New York City. 

SON of Ezekiel Carman Scudder, D.D., M.D., missionary to India, and 
Sarah Ruth Tracy. Great-great-grandfather killed in Revohition, member 
of colonial legislature of New Jersey. Grandfather pioneer missionary to 
India in 1819, served until his death in 1855. Born in Palmaner, India, 
September 28, 1860. Before entering college lived in India, New Jersey, Ohio, 
New York. Prepared at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, 1870-1876; tutored at 
St. Stephen's College, Anandale, N. Y., 1878; Rutgers Prep. School, 1877-1878. 
In college took second prize in oratory, Sophomore Exhibition, was captain 
college ball nine. Phi Beta Kappa, later. Delta Phi. Studied in Yale, 1898- 
1899; Clark University, 1898, summer session. Since graduation has lived at 
Fort Plain, N. Y., 1882-1883; Yonkers, N. Y., 1883-1884;. Fort 
Plain,, 1884-1888; Rome, N. Y., 1888-1890; Pittsburgh, N. Y., 1890- 
1892; Albany, N. Y., 1892-1897; New Haven, Conn., 1897-1899; 
New Paltz, N.. Y., 1899-1908; New Brunswick, N. J., 1908-1911; 
New York, 1911 to date. Eighth grade teacher; General Secretary, Y. 
M. C. A., Yonkers; Principal Fort Plain; Principal, Rome Free Academy; 
Teacher of Classics, Plattsburgh ; Regents Inspector, Albany ; Principal New 
Haven High School ; Principal State Normal, New Paltz; Headmaster Rut- 



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gers Prep. School and Professor of Education, Rutgers ; Professor of Educa- 
tion University of Virginia, Summer School, 1911-1915. President, Scudder 
School, New York City, 1911 to date. A.M. 1886. One of the founders and 
directors of Playground Association of America ; Vice President, Boys' Alli- 
ance ; Boy Scout Commissioner ; Elector, Camp Fire Girls of iVmerica. Elder 
West End Presbyterian Church, New York City, 1913 to date. Republican. 
Avocation: base-ball, boating. Married at Warsaw, N. Y., 1888 to Emma 
Mereness ; at Far Hills, N. J., June 22, 1897 to Martha Nevius Dumont, sister 
of Rev. Wm. A. Dumont, Rutgers, 1880. Children : Elizabeth Mereness, 
1892; Dorothy Dumont, 1899. Relatives in Rutgers: Samuel D., 1847; 
Joseph, 1848; Silas D., 1856; John, 1857; Wm. H., 1878; Ezekiel C, 1879; J. 
W., 1883; F. S., 1885; Chas. J., 1889; Clarence G., 1889; Henry J., 1890; 
Walter T., 1892; Joseph 2nd, 1897; Ernest W.', 1912. Writings: New York, 
Its State and Local Government, 1892 ; New York Supplement Frye's 
Geography, 1890; Recreation for Rural Communities, 1906; Numerous mono- 
graphs on education, recreation and travel, including article on Sectional 
Trigonometry in Munroe's Cyclopedia of Education. Founder of the Scudder 
School for Girls in New York City. 

DANIEL WESLEY SKELLENGER. 
19 Oxford Avenue, Richmond Hill, L. I., N. Y. 

SON of William Terry Skellenger, farmer, and Mary Margaret Thomas. 
Born in Chester, N. J., February 27, 1856. Before entering college lived 
at Chester, Dover, Pottersville, all of New Jersey. Prepared privately with 
John L. McNair, Bedminster, N. J. In college won third honor, Van Doren 
Prize for Essay on Missions, Phi Beta Kappa. Was assistant in library. 
Senior year. Chi Psi. Ordained, June, 1885, Newark, N. J. Pastor of 
Franklin Reformed Church, Nutley, N. J., 1885-1886; Presbyterian Church, 
Dunellen, N. J., 1886-1890; Assistant, Fourth Presbyterian, Albany, N. Y., 
1890-1891; Pastor Washburn St. Presbyterian, Scranton, Pa., 1891-1894; 
Sixth Presbyterian, Washington, D. C, 1894-1907 ; First Presbyterian, Rich- 
mond Hill, N. Y., 1907-1912; Stated Supply, Hyattsville, Md., 1912—. A.M. 
Rutgers ; D.D. Emporia College, Kansas, and Highland University, Kansas, 
1907. Moderator, Washington City Presbytery, 1899-1900; Worshipful Mas- 
ter, Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, F. A. A. M., Washington, D. C, 1900; Grand 
Chaplain, Grand Lodge, Washington, D. C, 1901-1906; Prelate Orient 
Commandery, No. 5, Washington, D. C, 1910-1912. Presbyterian. Indepen- 
dent. Sport: Lawn Tennis, Bowling. Married at Spring Lake, N. J., 1885, 
to Alice C. Potter, daughter of Jonathan Potter and Caroline Crater. Three 
children, all died at birth, or immediately after. Published in The Presby- 
terian, Philadelphia, March 9, 1916 "History of Hyattsville Presbyterian 
Church and its Communion Service, which is the oldest Presbyterian Service 
in America. Has made a success of Stereopticon Lectures, especially on "Ben 
Hur," "Rips in the Rockies," "Down in a Coal Mine." 



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REYNIER JACOB WORTENDYKE. 
15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, N. J. 

SON of Jacob Reynier Wortendyke, A.B., A.M., (lawyer, trustee of Rutgers, 
1862-1868, National Congress and many state and municipal offices) and 
Susan J. Doremus. Born at Jersey City, N. J., August 24, 1860, where he 
lived till he entered college. Prepared at the Jersey City High School, 1875- 
1878. In college was assigned Second Tunis Quick Prize and Class Day Ora- 
tion. Sophomore Orator. Beta Theta Pi. Columbia Law, 1882-1884. New 
Jersey Supreme Court, June term, 1885, admitted to the bar. Since leaving 
college has resided in Jersey City. Practitioner at Law. LL.B. Columbia, 
1884. Presbyterian. Democrat. Married October 11, 1893 at Newtonville, 
Mass., to Carolyn Cooley and October 17, 1906 at Hamilton, Ohio, to Lena 
Laubach. Children : Reynier J. Wortendyke, Jr., born March, 1895 ; Howard 
B., July, 1897; Carolyn, September 21, 1900. Relatives in Rutgers: father, 
Jacob R., 1839 ; brother, Nicholas D., 1876. Member of law firm of Carrick 
and Wortendyke, since May 1, 1890. 



CHARLES A. MUNN. 

Died September 27, 1913. 

Dr. Munn was born in East New York, N. Y., September 18, 1859. Son 
of the Rev. Anson F. Munn, A.B. (Rutgers, 1852) of Stockbridge, Mass., and 
in 1859 pastor of the Reformed Church at East New York. Prepared at Fort 
Plain Seminary, N. Y. He took the classical course for a short time at Rut- 
gers and graduated in 1883 from New York University as M.D. He practiced 
medicine at Prattsville, N. Y., but on account of his health was able to do lit- 
tle professional work. In 1902 he married Miss Anita G. Martin. 



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FREDERICK WAGONER BENNETT. 
Died January 8, 1912. 

SON of Stephen H. Bennett. Born at Cape May Court House, August 21, 
1862. Prepared at schools of his native town. While in college took the 
Bradley Prize for Mathematics. C.E., Rutgers, 1885. He worked with Dr. 
George H. Cook as Assistant Topographer of the N. J. Geological Survey, 
1883-1887. Then he went to Ecuador as Assistant Engineer of the Guayaquil 
and Quito R. R. After many years in that climate his health was so under- 
mined that he was compelled to return home. After a year's treatment he 
died in a hospital near Philadelphia. 

PHILIP HASBROUCK BEVIER. 
Flatiron Building, 23rd Street and 5th Avenue, New York City. 

SON of Richard B. Bevier, farmer, and Esther Hasbrouck. His four grand- 
parents were all lineal descendents of the Huguenots whO' were the origi- 
nal settlers of New Paltz, Ulster Co., N. Y. Born at Gardner, Ulster Co., 
N. Y., October 22, 1859. Prepared at Public School, Jamesburg Academy, one 
year, Rutgers Grammer School, two years. In college took fourth honor and 
the Natural Sciences Prize ; was also member class foot-ball and base-ball 
teams. Chi Psi. Lived in New Brunswick three years, Gardner one year, 
Nicaragua, C. A. one year. New York five years, Brooklyn twenty-four years. 
Topographer on Geological Survey of N. J., two years ; Engineer and Superin- 
tendent of Construction Borden Condensed Milk Co., two years ; Topographer 
U. S. Geological Survey, one year; Engineer Nicaragua Canal Construction 
Co., five years; Builder, one year; Superintendent of Construction for New 
York builder, five years ; New York Manager and Agent, C. Pardee Works 
(manufacturers fire proof materials), three years; Superintendent of Con- 
struction National Fire Proofing Co., fifteen years. Member First Reformed 
Church, Brooklyn. Independent Republican. Avocation, bowling. Married 
at Montgomery, N. Y., September 23, 1890 to Jennie Miller, daughter of 
James O. and Jane S. Miller of Montgomery, N. Y. Children: Marguerite, 
Richard B., Louis Hasbrouck, Kenneth Miller. Relatives in Rutgers: uncle, 
Rev. Dr. Jas. LeFevre (1854), cousin, Dr. Egbert (1880) and Jas. Hasbrouck 
LeFevre (1889), cousin, P. B. Hasbrouck (1893). Writings: catalogues and 
various matter in re fire proofing construction, but of no general interest. 
Achievements : he has secured a number of patents on various fire proof 
constructions. 



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NATHANIEL BAKER KLINK HOFFMAN. 
2683 Creston Avenue, Bronx, New York City. 

SON of Aaron Hoffman, farmer, and Mary Ann Hildebrant. Born at Fair- 
mount, N. J., July 25, 1857. Prepared at the Harlan, N. J. Public Schools 
and the Somerset Classical Institute, Somerville, N. J. Zeta Psi. Lived at 
Perth Amboy, N. J., two years; New York City since then. Board of East 
Jersey Proprietors, Perth Amboy, N. J. Assistant Engineer, Department of 
Sewers, N. Y. City, until 1914, and of Highways, N. Y. City, since then. Now 
Engineer Subsurface Structures, Borough of the Bronx. C.E., Rutgers. Re- 
formed. Democrat. Avocation, farming. Married January 25, 1888, New 
York City to Martha A. Skinner. Children : Aaron Van Nest Hoffman, born 
January 27, 1893 and grandchild, Aaron Van Nest Hoffman, Jr., October 17, 
1915. 

GEORGE HENRY JOHNSON. 
113 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

SON of Rev. Thomas Llenry Johnson, native of Maine, and Martha Augusta 
Brooks, native of New Hampshire. All of his ancestors Yankees, as far 
as he knows, back to 1636, when the Stone family came from England and 
settled in Mt. Auburn, Mass. Born at Orange, Vermont, February 22, 1862. 
Before entering college lived at Bethel, Vt., Bricksbvirg (now Lakewood), 
N. J., and prepared in public schools and by private tuition. Was a good chess 
player at seven years of age. His school days were happy, the happiest one 
he remembers was the day he first read, in the back of his arithmetic, the pub- 
lisher's annotmcement of a series of higher mathematics which opened to his 
imagination a glorious vision reaching to celestial spheres. In college took 
prizes for best thesis (Niagara Suspension Bridge), best solutions in Bowser's 
Calculus and the Knickerbocker prize for original research. Commencement 
oration. Phi Beta Kappa. Secretary of class Senior year. Member Peitho ; 
never approved secret societies. After leaving college studied at Cornell, 
graduate department, 1882-1883, where he was twice offered a fellowship ; at 
Harvard University, graduate department, 1885-1887, Morgan fellow in 
mathematics, thirty competitors for the appointment. Lived at Ithaca, N. Y., 
1883; Leon, Nicaragua, C. A., 1883-1885; Cambridge, Mass., 1885-1887; Lin- 
coln, Neb., 1887-1888; Chicago, 111., 1888; St. Louis, Mo., 1888-1896; Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., since 1897. Professor of Mathematics and Engineering, National 
College of Nicaragua, 1883-1885; Fellow in Mathematics, Harvard, 1885- 
1887; railroad and city engineering work, 1887-1888; U. S. Assistant Engineer 
Mississippi River Commission, 1888-1896 ; editorial and statistical work, 1896 
to date. M.S., Cornell, 1883; C.E., Rutgers, 1885; Sc.D., Harvard, 1887. 
Chairman Executive Committee Harvard Mathematical Society, 1886-1887; 
Vice Chairman Central Branch Y. M. C. A., St. Louis, 1894-1896; delegate 
from Missouri to World's Jubilee Y. M. C. A., London, 1894, For eighteen 
years director of New York Federation of Churches -and Brooklyn Mission 



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and Tract Society, director of Brooklyn Bible Society and several business 
corporations. Deacon in Plymouth Congregational Church, Brooklyn, ex-sec- 
retary and ex-treasurer of the Board. Independent Republican, with prohibi- 
tion sympathies. Writings : The Universal Theorem for the Involution and 
Evolution of Polynomials, The Mathematical Magazine and Van Nostrand's 
Engineering Magazine, 1882; Drainage Tables, Engineering News Pub. Co., 
1888 ; Bond Tables, Financier Co., 1900 ; City of Scranton, Capitalist Pub. Co., 
1904; Relative Merits of Investments, 1906, etc. See bibliography. His 
achievements have been rather negative. He has been told that he missed 
one half of his life by not falling in love and the other half by not dissipating; 
but he has had some narrow escapes. Pie was one of the organizers, and for 
several years committee chairman of the New York State Anti-Saloon League. 
Sometimes he feels proud of it and sometimes ashamed of it. 

SOLOMON LE FEVRE. 
Forest Glen, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
ON of Abraham Le Fevre, surveyor and farmer, and Margaret DuBois 



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Eltinge. Descended from Simon Le Fevre (and Elizabeth Deyo, his 
wife), one of the original twelve Huguenot patentees, who founded New Paltz, 
N. Y., in 1678; also from Louis DuBois, leader of these twelve patentees, and 
his wife, Catherine Blaushan, — the latter, with her children, was carried off 
by hostile Indians and kept in captivity for several months, finally rescued by 
her husband. Born at Forest Glen, Ulster Co., N. Y., November 9, 1861, 
where he lived till he entered college. Prepared for college at New Paltz 
Academy, entering the Sophomore class at Rutgers. Commencement Orator. 
1883-1895, Transitman on R. R., Paymaster and Accountant, Mine Superin- 
tendent, Assistant General Manager in Columbia Co., N. Y. ; 1895-1898, 
Assistant Engineer, N. Y. Land Survey, Albany, N. Y. ; 1898-1903, 
became Chief Engineer and Asst. General Manager, Plattsburgh, N. Y. ; 1903- 
1906, Manager of mine near Plattsburgh ; 1906 to date, became General Mana- 
ger with Witherbee, Sherman and Co., New York City and Mineville, N. Y. 
Member, Reformed Church. Republican. Married, October 21, 1891 to Jane 
M. Rapalje Flagler, daughter of John Philip Flagler and Elizabeth Bedell 
Wortman. Children: Louis DuBois Le Fevre, January 14, 1894; Philip Flag- 
ler Le Fevre, March 9, 1895. Relatives in Rutgers : uncle, E. Eltinge, 1835 ; 
wife's father, J. P. Flagler 1838; cousin, James Le Fevre, 1854; uncle, Mathu- 
salem Le Fevre, 1859; brother, G. Le Fevre, 1878; cousin, Egbert Le Fevre, 
1880; cousin, Flasbrouck Le Fevre, 1889. Published: Use of Electricity in 
Mines, Housing and Sanitation at Mineville, N. Y., papers for Transactions 
of American Institute of Mining Engineers, contributions to Engineering and 
Mining Journal. Member of American Institute of Mining Engineers, Mining 
and Metallurgical Society of United States., Engineers' Club, New York, So- 
ciety of Engineers of Eastern New York. 



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OWEN B. F. ALLEN. 

Allenwood, N. J. 

ON of James T. Allen, farmer, and Mary Allen, (so named before and 
after marriage. Mother a granddaughter of Capt. Samuel Allen of the 
Revolution. Both parents descended from an uncle of Col. Ethan Allen of Ver- 
mont. Born at Allenwood, N. J., July 19, 1856. Before entering college al- 
ways lived at Allenwood. Prepared at Allenwood Freehold Institute, two 
years. Spent two years in Rutgers. Has since lived in Allenwood with the 
exception of from 1885 to 1893 in North Dakota. Farmer and teacher while 
in New Jersey ; farmer, teacher and township treasurer while in North 
Dakota. Prohibitionist. Married, July 19, 1897, near Allenwood, N. J. to 
Harriet Allgor, daughter of Benjamin Allgor and Susan Fox. 

ANDREW KING BAKER. 
27 East Blackwell Street, Dover, N. J. 

SON of William H. Baker. Prepared at Rutgers College Grammar School. 
Spent one and a half years in College. Married to Carrie L., daughter of 
Arrtos Dodge, December 21, 1881. Dealer in real estate. 

JOHN NEWTON BERNART. 
Chester, N. Y. 

SON of Rev. James E. Bernart and Elizabeth Board. His grandfather, Gen- 
eral Charles Board served thirteen sviccessive terms as Member of the 
Legislature at Trenton, N. J. Born at Boardville, Passaic Co., N. J., Decem- 
ber 9, 1860. Before entering college lived at Boardville and prepared at home. 
Spent nearly three years in college and was Vice President of Philoclean. Has 
lived at Chester, N. Y., thirty-five years. Farmer. Ruling elder in Presby- 
terian Church, 1889 to the present time. Clerk of Congregation, 1893 to date. 
G. O. P. Republican. Married at Chester, N. Y., Jvxne 14, 1905, to Laura 
Wood, daughter of Henry M^isner Wood and Sarah Durland. 

FRANK STRONG CURTIS. 

SON of A. L. Curtis. Prepared at Rutgers College Grammar School. Spent 
three years in college. Married April 23, 1885. Daughter, Louise H. 
Curtis. Last address, Cranford, N. J. 

GEORGE FREDERICK HILL. 

SON of William Hill, of Metuchen, N. J. Prepared by William" Marshall of 
Metuchen. Spent one term in college. Date of death unknown. 



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GEORGE BRECKENRIDGE HURFF. 
Sewell, N. J. 

SON of Thomas W. Hurff, (merchant, member of House of Assembly, 
1850-1851, director of First National Bank of Woodbury, N. J. until 
death), and Hannah Jaggard. Born in Hurffville, N. J., July 13, 1860, where 
he lived till he entered college. Prepared at Hurffville Public School and 
South Jersey Institute, Bridgeton, one term in 1879 and 1880. He spent two 
years in Rutgers studying Special Chemistry. Zeta Psi. Since leaving college 
has lived at Httrffville, A¥enonah, Sewell, all in New Jersey. Was near Sena- 
tor in 1911, from Gloucester County; is director in the New Jersey Society of 
Pennsylvania. Served in 1915, re-elected in 1916. Democrat (Organic). 
His avocation, sport, or hobby is "Horses." Married in Sewell, N. J., October 
5, 1892 to Lillie Heritage, daughter of Wm. E. Heritage and Harriet MacFar- 
land. Children: Edith Hurff, born November 25, 1893; Lindley Hurff, June 
23, 1895; George B. Hurff, Jr., July 18, 1900 ; grandchildren : Russell Robinson 
Barrett, Jr., June 12, 1914; Kathleen Barrett, October 29, 1915. Manufacturer 
of "Porpoisine" Products for leather, harness, etc., known throughout the 
United States, Canada, Scotland, England, etc. 

ANDREW MANNING. 
Died May 19, 1898. 

SON of Joel D. Manning. Born January 6, 1861, at Plainfield, N. J. Pre- 
pared by James Lyon of Plainfield. Spent one and a half years in col- 
lege. Studied medicine with Dr. Burlingham of Plainfield, then entered the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, where he graduated in 1883. 
He was Head Surgeon in Charity Hospital, New York. June 27, 1894 he 
married the youngest daughter of Levi Hetfield of Plainfield, N. J. He left a 
daughter Emeline T. Manning, born in 1896. His death was due to apoplexy, 
by the bursting of a blood vessel at the base of the brain. 

CHARLES HARRISON ROGERS. 
Main Street, South River, N. J. 

SON of James Lambert Rogers, funeral director, and Catherine Wright Dun- 
ham. Jersey bred for generations ; produced two '76 soldiers. Born at 
New Brunswick, N. J., March 23, 1860, where he lived till he entered college. 
Prepared in New Brunswick Public Schools. While in college was captain of 
the Class Eleven, won a lot of running races up to one-half mile, — but medals 
were scarce in those days ; director in Boat Club, Athletic Association, and 
Targum, three years each. After leaving college lived one year in South Caro- 
lina (1883), two in West Indies and South America (1884 and 1885), and 
about a year in Colorado (1887). Was three years in Phosphate Co., St. 
Thomas, West Indies, four years in Sheriff's office, Middlesex County, N. J. 
Reformed. Republican. Avocation, motor boating and fishing. Married 



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February 23, 1889 to Emma C. Voorhees, Jersey bred for several generations. 
Children: Helen Voorhees, born December 2, 1889 (dec), James Lambert, 
January 26, 1891, Josiah Voorhees, May 20, 1893. 

NEHEMIAH DUNHAM VAN SYCKEL. 
Bound Brook, N. J. 

SON of Elbridge Van Syckel, (Commission Merchant in New York City 
and farmer at Bound Brook, N. J., and later in real estate and insurance), 
and Bethany S. Dunham,of CUnton, N. J. Descended on both sides from Edward 
Fuller of the "Mayflower," from Thomas Lord, founder of Hartford, Conn., 
Thomas Roberts, last Colonial Governor of New Hampshire, and Major Wil- 
ham Phillips, Military Commandant of Maine forces in Colonial wars. Bom 
in Bound Brook, N. J., October 30, 1861, where he lived till he entered college, 
receiving private instruction under governess and tutors. Spent two years at 
Rutgers and was Secretary of Scientific Division. Beta Theta Pi. General 
Theological Seminary, New York City for three years. Ordained by Bishop 
Scarborough to the Diaconate at Woodbridge, N. J., June 6, 1892; to the 
Priesthood by Bishop Wilmer at Montgomery, Ala., May 1893. Birmingham, 
Anniston and Montgomery, Ala., 1885-1889; New York City, 1889-1892; 
Montgomery, Ala., 1892-1893; Florence, Ala., 1893-1895; Philadelphia, Pa., 
1895-1909; Abroad in Italy and the Orient most of 1909; Nashotah, Wis., 
1910-1915 ; Magnolia Plantation, Minerva, La., 1916. Principal of Paul Hayne 
Grammar School and later of the High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1895-1897; 
Principal of Boys' High School, Anniston, Ala., 1897-1899; Missionary at 
Montgomery, Ala., 1892-1893 ; Rector in Florence, Ala., 1893-1895 ; Vicar of 
St. Michael's Chapel, Philadephia, 1895-1909; Professor of Theology, Nasho- 
tah Theological Seminary, 1910-1915. Rutgers, A.M., 1889. General Theo- 
logical Seminary, B.D., 1893. Member, Society of Colonial Wars, Penn. Chap- 
ter, since 1897. Brought up in the Reformed Church: from youth an Episco- 
palian. Avocations : chess, foreign travel, music, literature. Married at Wat- 
kins, N. Y., June 16, 1916 to Annie Laurie Shaffer of Magnoha Plantation, 
La., daughter of Capt. John J. Shaffer and Minerva Cantey. Relative among 
Rutgers alumni: Elbridge Van Syckel, Jr., 1873, (brother). Managed a large 
institutional work at St. Michael's, Philadelphia, for fourteen years ; made 
three trips abroad, visiting most of the countries in Europe, the Holy Land, 
Egypt, Morocco and Algiers. 

GEORGE ADAMS WOODS. 
2786 Creston Avenue, Bronx, New York. 

SON of Justus Osman Woods (lawyer, general manager for Wheeler and 
Wilson Sewing Machine Co. ; for fifteen years their foreign representa- 
tive; connected there for thirty years), and Frances Maria Baker. Father's 
family connected with the Adams family of Massachusetts. Born at Clifton, 
Staten Island, N. Y., November 14, 1863. Before entering .college Hved at 



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Clifton, New York and Paris, France. Prepared at Brooklyn Collegiate and 
Polytechnic Institute, Methfessel's Institute, Staten Island, New York City. 
Spent three years in college ; graduated in Chemical Course. President of 
Philoclean Society, Editor Scarlet Letter. "Phi Alpha" Zeta Psi fraternity. 
Has lived in New York City from 1882 to date, 1916. Connected with Depart- 
partment of Health, New York City for many years. For a considerable 
period Chief of the Pivision of Food Inspection. Lecturer on Food Inspec- 
tion, Chief Civil Service School, New York City. For a brief period Assist- 
ant Chemist, W. H. Shieffelin & Co., New York City. Vestryman, Church of 
the Advocate, Bronx (Episcopalian). Twice (1892 and 1893) Master of 
Eastern Star Lodge, No. 227 F. and A. M., New York. Vice President Bronx 
Covmty Democracy, Thirty-fifth Assembly District. P. E. Church. Inde- 
pendent Democrat. Avocation : boating. Married December 3, 1888, in New 
York City, to Mary Elizabeth Slater, American born of German parents. 
Children: Leslie Baker (married) Assistant Loan Clerk, Columbia Trust Co., 
New York, ; Justus Edmund, Assistant Chemist, Faber Pencil Works, New 
York; George Alan, school boy. "No writings of any great consequence.'' As 
for achievements, "modesty forbids an answer." 



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